On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:02:24 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
> wrote:

>The Joneses wrote:
>snip
>> Works good in our dry environment. And it's not too dark in the
>> garage. Saw a note about not storing root veggies in the fridge as
>> the cold and dark mimics late winter and encourages sprouting.
>> And being mostly a barbarian who don't dress up too much innymore, I
>> have to buy new knee high nylon stockings. Lots of practical
>> applications, I'm sure...
>> Edrena
>
>I have to go buy some full panty hose this year as I and my neighbors no
>longer have any old hosiery laying around. Need the panty hose for tying
>up winter squash and melons to their support fence in the garden. I hope
>the $ store carries cheap hosiery. I've tried onion bags etc., but they
>leave impressions on the soft developing skin of the fruit, slings made from
>old rags don't expand with growth -- anyone have any other ideas?
>Janet
>

I lucked out at a yard sale a few years ago. Someone was selling a
bag full of used stockings, many black. Since I had no intention of
wearing them, I bought the whole bag for $1. I'm still using them to
tie up vines and to keep the tomato plants in the cages.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)